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. 2020 May 26;20:130. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-00962-8

Table 4.

Error frequency per language

Language Complex word or phrase Cultural Grammar Idiom/literal meaning Measurement Printed error Semantic Unit of meaning - Additional Unit of meaning - Omission Unit of meaning - Substitution Total errors per language
Arabic 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Czech 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 13
French (Canada) 8 0 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 18
French (France) 16 1 2 2 5 0 7 5 1 4 43
Hindi 34 3 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 2 47
Indonesian 21 0 1 1 1 0 12 0 0 1 37
Slovak 3 2 6 3 1 1 6 1 4 5 32
Somali 0 0 7 0 1 4 7 3 2 2 26
Spanish (Argentina) 15 0 5 1 2 0 11 0 3 1 38
Total errors per codeacross languages 99 7 27 13 11 5 54 13 13 17 259